Virago

/vɪˈɹɑːɡəʊ/

Synonyms for "virago" (91 found)

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Noun(1 words)

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Strong matches (27)

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hood hoodlum hothead

Noun(4 words)

harpies harridan harridans heroine

Related words (45)

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shrew siren spitfire termagant terror terrorist tiger tigress tomboy toughtough guyugly customerviolent vixenwild beastwildcat witch wolf xanthippeyoung turk

Noun(5 words)

shrew shrews termagant termagantswarrior woman

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More general

4 entries

adult femaleshrew termagant woman

More specific

7 entries

amazon harridan heroine shrew termagant tigresswarrior woman

Collocations

5 entries

domineering viragofierce viragonotorious viragovirago figurevirago stereotype

Inflections

1 entries

viragos

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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Mary is such a virago.

Source: tatoeba (8979598)

An outspoken woman, Liz was often branded a virago.

Source: tatoeba (9510549)

Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

Source: wiktionary

Joan was all Arden, grinning there, siding with her virago mother.

Source: wiktionary

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